Couch bed



-April 2, 1940.l

G. A. JOHNSON coucn BED F'iled nec. 7. 1955 Lif ' either side withoutremoving the back-rest or any f Patented Apr. 2, 1,940

Partnr ortica g Corien BED `Gustave A; .ohnsom Weymouth, Mass., assignorto New `llingand Bedding Company, Medford, Mass., a corporation `ofMassachusetts Apniicanon December '1, 1935, serial, Nn. 53,294v

` 1 Claim. (Cl. y5--1.8)

I ture and which are connected to legs or uprights This inventionrelates to couch beds ofy the extensible type and its principal-objectsarek to provide a couch bed'L having a back-rest,4 a stationary sectionand a movabler section which may be conveniently drawn to extendedposition either to form twin beds or a double bed accessible from of theparts, and to provide a couch bed which is of simple and economicalconstruction having but few parts, which is eicient in operation anddurable in use, and which can be manufactured and sold at a relativelylow cost. v

Further objects relate to various `features of construction and will beapparent from a consideration of the following description andaccompanying drawing,l wherein: f

Fig. l is a front elevation of a couch bed constructed in accordancewith the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the sections f in nested position; l

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end elevation showing p the ymovable section inextended position; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Theparticular embodimentchosen for the purpose of illustration comprises a main or movable` Thetop of the main section may be of the usual construction for supportinga` pair of mattresses 9 which provide the seat cushion when thestructure is used as a couch. The outer faces of the front and sidewalls may be provided with a suitable finish, such as textile fabric,which maybe Y secured to the lower mattress so as to vhold it inposition and give the appearance of continuity therewith. The ends ofthe side wall are pro' vided lwith vertically extending angle irons I0whose lower ends are provided withcasters orl rollers Il which supportthe main section for movement from nested position, shown by the yfulllines in Fig. 2, to extended position, shown by the'full lines in Fig.3, and the dot andl dash lines of Fig. 2. 4.

The stationary sectionmay be of conventional" construction havinglongitudinally andv transversely extending frame members I4 and I5 I6spaced inwardly from the transverse members, as `shown more clearlyinFig. 4; Pivotally con, nectedfto the. front end of the transversemembers I5 are hooks i8 normally arranged above the level of cut-outvportions or recesses I9 in the legs I3 of the main section. The hooksI8 the side walls 5 and 6 to prevent the transverse members .I5 frombinding against the side walls when the two `sections are being moved toor from extended position.

The side walls 5 and B of the main section are' formed with centrallydisposed, vertically extending recesses or channels 22 (Fig. 4) andupstanding brackets 23 are firmly' secured Within the channels 22.. Theupper ends of the brackets extend above the top of the section and areprovided with openings which receive pivot pins 24 for supporting a backrail, designated generally by the numeral 25. As here shown, the backrail consists of a U-shaped member 26 whose ends are bent to provideU-shaped members or side rails 21. Intermediate L-shaped members 28 are`integrally joined at their ends to the back andr side rails and to thepivot pins 24 adjacent vto their bend portions, and a bar 29 isintegrally joined at its ends to the legs ofthe member 2B. If desired,the side rails 21 may be provided with the usual arm-rests 30 and themembers 2G and 29, constituting a back-rest, and the members 21 and 2S,constituting the sides and arm-rest supports, .may be `chromium plated,enameled or otherwise iinished to enhance their appearance. Laterallyprojecting lugs or angle irons 32 are secured to the side walls 5 and' 6intermediate Vthe brackets 23 and the rear of the section, these lugsbeing positioned to support the back-rest in upright position when thestructure is used as a couch. The back-rest, arm-rests and associatedparts are so constructed and arranged that `they may be swung about thepivot pins 24 from-the upright position (Figs. l and k2) to a positionwhereinthe back-rest proper (parts 25 and 29) '.isA4 disposed contiguousto the front wall 4, as Ishown-in Fig. 3, thus affording an unobstructedwhich carry the usual spring supporting strucaccess to the removablesection when used either are disposed to project into openings 20 formedas a section of a double bed or as one of a pair of twin beds.

`When used as a couch the mattresses 9 provide the seat cushions andpillows may be arranged against the back-rest in the usual manner, itbeing noted that the bars 28 and 29 are positioned to retain thecushions and pillows in place. When the structure is to be used eitheras a double bed or to provide twin beds, the main or movable section maybe easily moved to eX- tended position and the back-rest swung to theposition alongside of the front wall, as shown vin Fig. 3 and the topmattress 9 may be transferred to the stationary section. It will benoted that when the structure is used either as a double bed or toprovide twin beds, the back-rest proper is disposed well below the levelof the mattress on the movable section, and hence does not constitutethe slightest obstruction to the movable section.

While I have shown and described lone desirable embodiment of theinvention it should be understood that various changes in shape,proportion and arrangement of parts, as well as the substitution ofequivalent elements for those herein shown and described may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the n invention as setforth in the appended claim.

I claim:

A couch bed of the class described comprising inner and outer sectionsrelatively7 movable from a nested position to an extended position, anupstanding bracket secured to each end of the outer section, the upperend of each bracket extending above the top of the outer section, and acombination back-and arm rest comprising an elongate generally U-shapedmember having legs whose lower ends extend forwardly substantially atright angles, said forwardly extending ends being bent to providegenerally rectangular-shaped arm rests and an intermediate memberintegrally joined toeach of the arm rests, the intermediate membersbeing pivotally secured between their ends to the upper "ends of the`brackets so as pivotally to support said back and arm rests in a mannersuch that the back rest may be swung from normal back-supportingposition forwardly to a position below the top and contiguous to thefront of the outer section. thereby to ai'ord an unobstructed access tosaid sections when in either nested or extended position.

GUSTAVE A. JOHNSON.

